Pics of Anthony

Here is Anthony, the other side of the younger pair. He is also 3 {duh!} and is technically older than Jamie by two minutes. I'm sure once he knows what that means, he will figure out how to use it to his advantage!

Here is his picture from our Lagoon trip...just in case he got lost. {See the post Pics of Jamie}

Just being cute in my office...my poor, neglected office.

My sister, Krista, took this one with her awesome camera. {Insert jealous overtone}

More amazing pictures by Funny Face Photography.

He's my little thumb sucker. I'm pretty sure he was sucking his thumb in the womb. I figure he'll quit before he heads off to college so I'm not too worried about it. Luckily I've only had one out of five be a thumb sucker. My mom ended up with FOUR out of five!

Pics of Jamie

I thought I would put up some recent pictures of my kids individually for those who have not met them or not seen them for a long time. We'll start with Jamie and work our way up. :O) Jamie turned 3 on March 23rd and is one of a pair - Anthony is her twin.

This picture was taken when we went to Lagoon as a family. We all wore bright yellow T-shirts and I took pictures of all the kids in case one should get lost. That way we could show what the child looks like and what s/he was wearing. Good idea, huh? This is the kind of stuff you think about when you have a big family. ;O)

I have NO idea what this face is, but I thought it was cute enough to share.

This one was taken at Sand Hollow after swimming for C.J.'s 5th birthday.

Doesn't Deb do amazing work!? These were taken in November of 2007.

Here's Jamie trying to look innocent. Don't buy it for a second though...she can be pretty mischevious!

Strawberry Jam

So here's the first sign that Greg is in the kitchen. ALL the cupboards get left open! I don't know if it's a guy thing or a Greg thing, but maybe in his mind it just takes too much time to shut the darn thing, especially when he's busy cooking.


Mmmm...strawberries from Costco. They were SO sweet! And I bought enough for him to make about 20 jars. A bit excessive, you say? Well, my family went through one jar in just over a day, so hopefully this will at least last us through the summer.

Here's Greg shaking the chopped strawberries. C.J. said it makes his face shake when he does it, but that was not quite captured in this picture.

Here are my boys cookin' in the kitchen {but not with Dina}. Interestingly enough, the girls were out working on cleaning the garage while they were making jam. Talk about role reversal! :O)

This is three of the four batches...he was still adding to the fourth when I took the picture.

Boiling the strawberries and all that yummy sugar {I try not to think about how much sugar is actually in it}. Greg has many burns to show from this part of the process. :O(

The finished product! {Minus the jar we already finished, the one in the fridge and the five jars he still has to make from the batch that is sitting in the fridge.}

Yay for homemade strawberry jam!

Pink eye...or got high?

Greg either discovered the results of rolling a doobie with half marijuana and half oregano, or he has pink eye....you be the judge. He's been miserable since Saturday night. He couldn't sleep all night, waking up every 45 minutes. He did not discover why he had such a short night until the next morning when he looked in the mirror and realized he looked like he drank only half of a gin and tonic. We were thinking that the bacteria is to blame for the zit above that same eye as well. :O)


Greg showing us how he feels about having pink eye.... :O(

Unfortunately {or fortunately I guess}, the pink eye bug has already made the rounds in our house. I watch my nephew, Gavin, while my sister works and he brought it to us. All of my kids had it at one point, but only Jamie had it this bad. And I'm thinking it's kind of like chicken pox in that it's worse when you get it as an adult. Either that or Greg is a total wuss! He got it on Memorial Day weekend, which is a bummer because you can't get in to see a doctor for a prescription. We were going to try some natural treatments, but he was just too miserable and we happen to know an M.D. who wrote us a prescription yesterday {Jay's dad}. So after a few drops and some much-needed rest, Greg is feeling much better today. So we're off to the park for a picnic with some family.

Happy Memorial Day! {Is that even okay to say considering why we "celebrate" the "holiday?"}

JAY IS HOME!!!

This is our good friend, Jay, who came home from his mission to Chile on Friday. We are SO excited to have him back because now we have someone to play Mario Kart with again! :O)

Jay and Hailey at his open house after the "homecoming," which we all know is now just a regular ol' talk.See my other post to find out why Greg looks like a pirate. AARRRGGGHHH! ;O)

Swelling :O(

I've had some swelling already in this pregnancy, which I think is directly related to the increased heat lately. Here's what my cute little feet normally look like {sorry for the unpedicured toes...not something you get to do much when you've got five little kids}.

And here's what they looked like last night before I went to bed. I'd been sitting at my computer blogging {entirely too late!} and didn't have my feet elevated. :O(


So now I'm drinking tons of water and making sure I keep my feet up. Greg let me sleep in this morning and then made French toast for breakfast/lunch. :O) Isn't he just the coolest!?

Edit: I updated pictures because these show the true swelling better.

Frazil...Mmmmm

If you have not tried a Frazil yet, you should! I don't know if it's a pregnancy craving or the heat, but I'm addicted to the Tiger's Blood Frazil. Most gas stations have them by their drinks. I've found quite a few places in town that have them. {I even found some places that sell them in 32-ounce cups!} Mmmmm....I want one now. Too bad it's too late for one. :O( Maybe tomorrow!

Pregnant Pictures

I want to use this blog to keep everyone updated on the size of my ever-growing belly, so I'll start with a picture of me a few days ago at 21 weeks and compare it to my 5-week picture.

I got the shirt here. I bought a couple of other cute ones so I'll try to get pics in those soon.

And here's me at 5 weeks. What a big change already. You'd think my body knows how to do this whole pregnancy thing or something!

Cute Layout

How cute is my blog??? I found this link from Nikki where you can get FREE layouts and they're super cute! They are pre-designed pages, which works great for beginners like me. Maybe eventually I will upgrade to the do-it-yourself kind. :O)

http://www.leeloublogs.blogspot.com/

I'm going to work on my blogging skills in the next little while so hopefully it won't look so retarded all the time. I have fun pics I can put up of my kids and my growing belly so I'll do my best to edumucate myself on this whole blogging thing.

Wish me luck!

C.J.'s Preschool Graduation

It seems like there is (unfortunately) a graduation for EVERYTHING
these days and preschool is no different. However, it was a fun event and it's
so cute that since he went to the Dixie State College preschool, he got to wear
an actual cap and gown (minature sized, of course) and walk through a tiny D. I
know the time will fly and before I know it, these will be pictures of a real
graduation. :O)